A new Marblehead High School teacher has been barred from all school property and events along with any contact with local students after being one of 11 suspects arrested in Rhode Island and charged with possessing or transferring child pornography, our news partners at Wicked Local/Marblehead reported.

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William Morgan, 30, of 18 Maverick St., Marblehead, who had been hired as a physics teacher, was one of four men arraigned on charges of possession of child pornography and transfer of child pornography Thursday in Warwick, R.I.

In a message to parents Thursday night, Marblehead School Superintendent Maryann Perry stressed that the crime with which Morgan has been charged “does not involve students in the Marblehead Public Schools.”

"The teacher has been removed from the school and has been barred from any contact with Marblehead students and from accessing any Marblehead Public School buildings, property, and events," Perry wrote. "As always, the safety and welfare of our students is our highest priority, and we take all precautions and measures necessary to protect our students."

The 11 arrests were made by members of the Computer Crimes Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, assisted by members of the United States Marshals Sex Offender Law Enforcement Multidisciplinary Network and the United States Secret Service, Col. Steven G. O'Donnell, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and commissioner of public safety, announced.

According to a Rhode Island State Police press release, ICAC Task Force members initiated an undercover investigative operation to identify subjects involved in sharing images of child pornography on the Internet, with court-authorized search warrants executed at residences throughout the state turning up "numerous images and videos of child pornography" on digital media.